News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
AhlulBayt News Agency - The commander of the infamous US security firm, formerly known as Blackwater, in Yemen and dozens of Riyadh’s mercenaries were killed Saturday in a missile attack by Yemeni forces in Lahij Province. The Yemeni military backed by fighters of the Houthi Ansarullah movement launched a Tochka ballistic missile on the al-Anad... Continue Reading →
[Climate change is a global problem that will require a global response with international coordination. The capitalist-imperialist system is incapable of solving this issue for many reasons; chiefly because its endless and wasteful consumption is the primary source of the problem. The old global economic order must be smashed and be replaced by the New... Continue Reading →
[Empire armed to the teeth to impose its will on the Middle East. - NP] (http://www.independent.co.uk/) British arms companies ramp up bomb sales to Saudi Arabia by 100 times despite air strikes on civilians The United Nations has said Saudi Arabia is disproportionately killing civilians in its military operation in Yemen by Jon Stone British arms... Continue Reading →
[A tragic end to another story about people fleeing the violence in Syria, that can in large part be blamed on NATO and its imperialist cohorts. The imperialist governments then have the gall to complain about refugees seeking a safer existence within their boarders. It is truly a shameful display of moral bankruptcy. -Uziel] ATHENS,... Continue Reading →
[Another sickening move by Israel, proving to the world that they have zero regard for the rights or lives of the Palestinian people. While the United States verbally condemns the actions of the Zionists, it still unconditionally materially supports these butchers with financial, military, and diplomatic aid. -Uziel] JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Ministry of Defense... Continue Reading →
[More barbarism from ISIS, an organization that has been propped up and supported in various ways by the United States and the Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia. - NP] Isil 'kidnaps at least 400 people' in heavy clashes at key Syrian city by Magdy Saaman (http://www.independent.ie/) More than 400 people are believed to have been... Continue Reading →
[The reason the earthquake was so devastating to Haiti was the unfathomable poverty that exists there. That poverty can, in large part, be blamed on the long history of interference and repression of Haiti by the United States of America. -Uziel] Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haitians paused Tuesday to mourn the 200,000 people killed six years... Continue Reading →
Iranians are no longer allowed to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. by Elaine Teng (https://newrepublic.com/) In a further escalation in tensions with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian government today banned its citizens from making the annual trip to Islam’s holiest city, a journey required at least once in a lifetime for all Muslims financially and physically capable of doing so. The ban comes near the end of... Continue Reading →
[Saudi Arabia is another face of Empire. This criminal act shows how Empire has no regard for international law. - NP] by Greg Botelho and Schams Elwazer, CNN (CNN) Iran's government accused Saudi Arabia of "intentionally" striking its embassy in Yemen, another incident likely to ratchet up tensions between Tehran and Riyadh and imperil efforts... Continue Reading →
by Max Bearak (NYtimes.com) NAHORANI TEA ESTATE, India — For a century and a half, Madhu Munda’s forebears toiled on the same tea plantation that she lives and works on now. Belonging to central Indian tribes brought to what is now the northeastern state of Assam by the British in the mid-19th century, they and... Continue Reading →
[Leftist reformer Sankara was murdered by a coup backed by the French imperialists. Another example of how imperialism works against any African leader who stands up for his people. -NP] Ousted Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore Charged in Thomas Sankara Killing (http://www.africacradle.com/) Ouagadougou (ACN) – Burkina Faso has issued an international warrant for ousted leader... Continue Reading →
8-10 million Iranians died over Great Famine caused by the British in late 1910s, documents reveal by Sadegh Abbasi* (http://english.khamenei.ir/) One of the little-known chapters of history was the widespread famine in Iran during World War I, caused by the British presence in Iran. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Britain became the main foreign... Continue Reading →
